Aniplex streamed a promotional video for the anime adaptation of NisiOisin's Nekomonogatari (Black) novel on Friday. The anime will premiere in Japan on December 31 from 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. (JST).

The anime will debut in a synchronized broadcast on the video-streaming service Niconico and Japan's Tokyo MX and BS11 television channels. Niconico held an announcement event for the anime on Friday. Nisemonogatari director Akiyuki Shinbo is returning as the anime's general director, and Nisemonogatari series director Tomoyuki Itamura is directing at the studio SHAFT. Shinbo and Fuyashi Tou are in charge of series composition. Akio Watanabe is again serving as character designer and chief animation director.

The original novel contains the "Tsubasa Family" story, set between Kizumonogatari and Bakemonogatari, with the character Tsubasa Hanekawa. A premium screening of the anime was previously planned in Tokyo at the end of the year.

The excitement for the 2013 Dragon Ball Z anime movie got thrown a bit of a curve ball when the promo poster for Battle of Gods featured Goku fighting a being that looked a bit like Egyptian god Anubis... or more generally remarked upon, a purple bunny rabbit. That new character now has a name and voice actor.

God of Destruction Bills will be played by the Japanese voice of Roger Rabbit... and Spike Spiegel(Cowboy Bebop) and Ghost in the Shell's Togusa - Kouichi Yamadera. The other new character appearing below is Wiss, played by Masakazu Morita (Bleach's Ichigo).

katekyo hitman reborn manga ends

Akira Amano is ending the Reborn! manga in the 50th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on Monday. Shueisha will publish the 41st compiled book volume on December 4, and the 42nd and final volume will follow in March. Weekly Shonen Jump asks its readers to look forward to Amano's next work. Viz Media published the 16th volume of the manga in North America in 2010, and Crunchyroll and VizAnime.com are streaming the anime adaptation outside Japan.

Top 10 Most Memorable Anime Rivals

The BigGlobe site has submitted a new list based on a made polling more than 3,000 Japanese Otaku, where this time presents the Top 10 most notable rivals of the Anime.

A special stage event at the Dengeki 20th Anniversary Festival announced that production on the second season of To aru no Kagaku no Railgun television anime series has been green-lit. The title of the second season is Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S (A Certain Scientific Railgun S). The story and staff of the second season will be confirmed in the December issue of ASCII Media Works' Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh magazine on October 27.

Toei Animation chairman Kozo Morishita said at the MIPCOM trade event in Cannes, France that he is hoping that production on the CG film project Saint Seiya the Movie will be completed in July 2013. Morishita added that he is considering producing a new television anime series in the Saint Seiya franchise after the film opens. Regarding the possible new television anime series, Morishita said, "In the past we'd produced a TV series first and then a film, but we've found that delivering a movie before starting to develop a series is a great way to test the appetite of audience, and limit risks." Morishita said of the 3D film that "Compared with other Toei Animation films, this 'Saint Seiya' feature will have a top-level budget, and will be delivered in S3D and CGI 3D. In Japan, audiences are not yet fond of stereotropic films, but it's crucial to provide a 3D version for territories like China."

Steins;Gate Film Titled, Slated for Spring

official website for the Steins;Gate film opened on Sunday and revealed its title and Spring 2013 opening. Chiyomaru Shikura, the head of the original game's developer 5pb. (MAGES), confirmed that the Steins;Gate Fuka Ryōiki no Déjà vu film will have an original story set after the "true end" of the earlier story. He added that since it will not be a compilation of the television series, he could not recommend it to people unfamiliar with Steins;Gate.

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